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2. Musical saw - Wikipedia

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   The musical saw is found in the folk music of Russia and rural America, and is a popular vaudeville instrument. [2] The saw is generally played seated with the handle squeezed between the legs, and the far end held with one hand. Some sawists play standing, either with the handle between the knees and the blade sticking out in front of them.

3. Bandsaw - Wikipedia

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   A bandsaw (also written band saw) is a power saw with a long, sharp blade consisting of a continuous band of toothed metal stretched between two or more wheels to cut material. They are used principally in woodworking , metalworking , and lumbering , but may cut a variety of materials.

4. Friction idiophone - Wikipedia

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   Friction idiophones is designation 13 in the Hornbostel-Sachs system of musical instrument classification. These idiophones produce sound by being rubbed either against each other or by means of a non-sounding object. Instruments of this type are not very common; possibly the best known examples are the musical saw and the nail violin.

5. Washboard (musical instrument) - Wikipedia

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   The washboard and frottoir (from Louisiana French "frotter", to rub) are used as a percussion instrument, employing the ribbed metal surface of the cleaning device as a rhythm instrument. As traditionally used in jazz , zydeco , skiffle , jug band , and old-time music , the washboard remained in its wooden frame and is played primarily by ...

6. Jug band - Wikipedia

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   A jug band is a band employing a jug player and a mix of conventional and homemade instruments. These homemade instruments are ordinary objects adapted to or modified for making sound, like the washtub bass , washboard , spoons , bones , stovepipe, jew's harp , and comb and tissue paper .

7. Ripsaw music - Wikipedia

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   Ripsaw is a unique fusion of Mento and Burru, [3] [4] which replaces the grater (Instrument) used in traditional Mento with a handsaw (Instrument) to achieve a similar yet more variable sound. [5] The saw is played by scraping an object, usually an old knife blade, along the saw's teeth, while bending the saw to produce a different timbre.